Disinfecting apparatus.



W. H. PECK.

DISINFEGTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 7, 1913.

1,099,720. Patented June 9,1914.

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Arron/ler COLUMNA PLANOGRAPH Co..w^sHlNm-0N. u. c

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER H. PECK, OF DALLAS, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF CNE-"-IALF TO L. B. ALFORD, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

DISINFECTINCT APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1914.

Application filed April 7, 31.913. Serial No. 759,430.

rb @ZZ whom 'it may concern Be it known that T, llVaLrnn El. Pneu, a citizen ot the United States, residing at Dallas, in the county et' lallas and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Disintecting Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has tor its object to provide a novel and improved disintecting apparatus which will automatically discharge the disintecting fluid drop by drop.

The invention also has ior its object to provide an apparatus of the kind stated in which the container is the original package in which the disintecting duid is sold, and to provide a holder and feed device tor said container embodying certain nevel features ot construction to be hereinafter described and claimed.

ln order that the invention may be better understood, reference is had to the accom panying drawing' in which-i `Figure 1 is an elevation of the apparatus, and Fig. 2 is a central vertical section thereof.

Dreferring specifically to the drawing the container, which holds the supply of disinfecting Huid, is a bottle 10 which is inverted and placed in the holder to be presently described, means being provided whereby the Huid is discharged in drops or minute quantities. The bottle is the original package in which the disinfecting fluid is sold. Thus, an extra container for the fluid is not needed and when the bottle is empty, it may be removed and a full bottle put in its place. The supply ot disint'ecting Huid can therefore be readily replenished without spilling or wasting the same.

The holder 'for the bottle 10 is a cylindrical cup 11 provided with ears 12 for attachment to a wall or other support. The cup is open at the top and the bottle is adapted to be inserted there-into. Near the top of the cup is an internal shoulder 12a on which the bottle rests and whereby it is held in inverted position, the neck of the bottle eX- tending down into the cup a suitable distance, with its mouth spaced troni a false bottom 13 in the cup, said false bottom being spaced from the bottom 11i ot the cup. From the false bottom 13 rises a tube 15 which opens therethrough, and is adapted to receive and hold a wick 16 which extends from the top of the tube and dips into the disintocting fluid. The bottom la has an outlet 17 to which may be connected a pipe 18 leading to the place where the disinfecting duid to be dropped. 0n the bottom 14; is also placed a sheet 1l) of telt or other absorbent material. The side ot the cup l1, between the bottoms 13 and 14, has perforations 2O to permit escape off the odors rising :trom the disintecting 4fluid absorbed by the sheet 19.

lOver the bottle 10 is placed a cap 21 to entirely cover that part oi the bottle which extends from the cup 11. The shoulder 12 is termed by making an annular inward indentation in the cup, and on the cap, near the bottom thereof, are lugs 22 which seat in this indentation and thus serve to hold the cap in place on the bottle. The cap lits over the upper portion ot the cup and thus incloses the entire portion et the bottle which extends from the latter. ln the side of the cap is a vertical slot 23 through which the bottle is exposed so that the state oit' the contents ot the bottle may be observed.

Upon placing' the bottle 10 in the cup 11 as described, the disintecting fluid is dis` charged into the latter and rises until it covers the mouth of the bottle, after which the discharge from the bottle ceases. When the liquid level in the cup drops below the bottle mouth, a flow from the bottle again ensues until the bottle mouth is again covered. Thus a uniform level ot disintecting [luid is automatically maintained in the cup. From the cup, the liquid is taken up by the wick 1G and dropped on the sheet 19. The odors rising from the impregnated sheet escape through the pertorations 20, and the surplus fluid in the sheet passes by the way or the outlet 17 and the pipe 18 to the place where the tluid is to be dropped.

The disintccting fluid is discharged unilormly in minute quantities, and without waste, so that the apparatus is inexpensive to maintain in working order.

The structure ot the apparatus is simple and cheap, and there are no complicated parts liable to get out oit order.

l claim:

1. ln a receptacle, a cup having an inwardly extending annular recess struck in the wall thereof, a sheet metal cap having a slot extending upward from the bottom, and having two corners formed at the bottom thereby, said corners being adapted to spring outwardly When piessed down over said cup, and inwardly projecting studs secued Witbin said corners and adapted to t Within said annulail recess to look the cap and cup together.

10 Wardly pressed rib adapted to support an inverted bottle extending into said cup and containing disinfeetlng fluid, a tube rising from the false bottom and a Wick extending from 'the tube, a layer of absorbent material covering the bottom of said Cup, the side walls of said cup having perforations therein between the two bottoms, and a Cap fitting over the top of said cup.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WALTER H. PECK.

Vitnesses: f

XVM. F. THIEME, ALEX. CAMP.

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